I stumbled across this album whilst browsing the metacritic website, It received generally favourable reviews and users seem to rate the album also, giving it an average score of 8.6 out of 10. Being a US band the chances of them getting much coverage over here will probably be pretty slim! Isn't the Internet a wonderful tool!
So a little bit about the band, you have to excuse me as I've never heard of them before, and at the time of writing this is only my second listen to their album (their myspace songs had me intrigued). They're a 4 piece band from Florida..... that's all I can find from their wiki page!
So more importantly their music, If you are planning to listen to the band on their myspace then you will see that the band describe themselves as pop. Soon after listening to the album however you will soon see that they're much more like an easy listening yet lively alternative rock band.
You're welcomed into the album with Floating Vibes which gently brings you into what is to follow, powerful and clever lead guitar, deep Kim Deal esque bass and strong Vocals. Astro Coast however is not just a one trick pony, the opening track is a great song and I can understand now the hype behind Swim. There isn't much to criticise about the album, All songs are good on their own merit, perhaps with the exception of Slow Jabroni, Which fills me with no inspiration at all.
That aside though, this album is definitely a success. The band could quite easily have been anxious to try and follow their earlier success with the aforementioned single, however Surfer Blood have reamained calm and produced a successful and solid record. deep bass and catchy guitar riffs will have you singing along throughout the album and playing your air guitar!
You can listen to the whole album here, courtesy of Grooveshark:
http://listen.grooveshark.com/#/album/Astro+Coast/3603551
Northern Soul
Listening to:
Surfer Blood - Astro Coast - Twin Peaks
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